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Abstract: The Mare Nostrum functions more as a catalyst rather than as an obstacle for the contact between the peoples of the eastern and western Adriatic coasts. Inter-Adriatic contacts also occur on a linguistic level. This has profoundly shaped the linguistic development of the communicative Adriatic space. In spite of the considerable importance of inter-Adriatic language contacts, there still exists a research gap regarding the linguistic history of the aforementioned area, which needs to be filled. The aim of this contribution is to lay the theoretical and methodological groundwork for the compilation of a history of inter-Adriatic language contacts.